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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 3, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 49.

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BRAZIL.

By A. B. Stauffer

RIO JANEIRO.—We are glad to say the work is onward here. More money is coming in than for some time. The canvassing work is reviving, and we see better days for this branch. In the faith and strength of God, we press forward, sure of success.
(3) We have started a small church and workers' paper in the German language, for the education of our people, hoping to bring more life and activity into our ranks. We also plan to start a Missionary Reading Circle in this paper, for our people.
The work at the mission school at Brusque is prospering. Five of the first class are now out in the field. More than twenty are in attendance at present. Three are on their way on horseback, from Rio Grande do Sul, a journey of about two weeks, and others are preparing to attend. But the home is full, so that the brethren think it necessary to build a new dormitory for the girls, and let the boys occupy the old one. We are thankful that God has recognized this school as His by blessing it so that workers are being prepared for this field, and we need no longer write to the States for more German help. But this is not a German, but a Portuguese field, therefore we need to lay plans for more advanced and broader work along this line.
The field, therefore we need to lay plans for more advanced and broader work along this line. We must make earnest efforts to give the message to the natives. The best way to do this is by educating native talent. This means that we must establish an educational work in the native tongue. Next to a school for the natives, we need a good press, and a printer to connect with it. These are needs we have long felt and prayed for. The Lord grant that we may soon realize our hopes and prayers.
A. B. STAUFFER.